Molecular Function
While the primary molecular function of MOG is not yet known, its likely role with the myelin sheath is either in sheath “completion and/or maintenance”. More specifically, MOG is speculated to be “necessary” as an "adhesion molecule" on the myelin sheath of the CNS to provide the structural integrity of the myelin sheath.”
MOG’s cDNA coding region in humans have been shown to be “highly homologous” to rats, mice, and bovine, and hence highly conserved. This suggests “an important biological role for this protein”.
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